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Four Corners, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Priest River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83856. It lies near Snow Valley. The Survey maps it on the Quartz Mountain quadrangle.

Four Corners within Bonner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Four Corners between 1992 and 2019, burning about 47 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural27
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSNOW CREEK
24 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsBEAVER POND
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBEAVER
18 September 1999Smokingunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestPEEWEE TRAIL
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSADDLER 4
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestTWELVE MILE
16 September 1999Smokingunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestPEEWEE STUMP
16 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Four Corners: 12 occurrences, 10 prospects, 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Camp Bird MineSilver, Lead, CopperProspect
Camp Bird ProspectCopper, Lead, SilverOccurrenceVein
CampbellCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
Campbell ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, CopperOccurrence
Hawkeye - Gray Eagle - Last Chance ProspectCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Henry W. Holmes ProspectLead, CopperOccurrence
Hines Clay DepositClayOccurrenceSedimentary
IndependenceSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperProspect
Lucky Lead MineTin, Silver, Manganese, LeadProspect
Lucky Lead ProspectTin, Silver, LeadOccurrenceGalena

Every working recorded in Bonner County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Oldtown8.0 miles13
Priest River8.6 miles16
Thama12.0 miles16
Dickensheet Junction12.1 miles18
Riverside (historical)14.5 miles16
Laclede14.8 miles16
Outlet Bay15.1 miles18
Coolin15.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397718. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.